Coated test elements

US8163560B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Rudolf Pachl · Ellerstadt, DE
• Jürgen Hoferer · Karlsruhe, DE
• Branislav Babic · Mannheim, DE
• Martin Frank · Hofheim, DE
• Wilfried Schmid · Mannheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 3, 2004
• Grant date: Apr 24, 2012
• Expiry date: Apr 25, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S436/808
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention concerns coated test elements and in particular test elements comprising a capillary gap which have a hydrophobic structured coating at least in the area surrounding the capillary gap.